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Ein sex anaa gender | female |
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Family name | Gray |
Ein date of birth | 23 May 1965 |
Place dem born am | Kitwe |
Ein occupation | sculptor |
Copyright status as creator | works protected by copyrights |
Toin Adams, dem born am insyd Kitwe, Zambia, be a sculptor wey dey work insyd steel, acrylic, fibreglass den oda media. She spend ein early kiddie time insyd eastern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), den late teen years, insyd South Africa, wer she attend de National School of the Arts, Johannesburg.[1][2] Insyd de late 80's she move go England, wer she begin ein career insyd sculpting.
Ein two most well known works to date be Birmingham ein largest sculpture: de 12 m high, The Green Man 2002 den de 10m high hanging sculpture The Deluge 2010 at Zellig, a 10 metres (33 ft) high hanging sculpture of falling bodies, dem commission both by de Custard Factory insyd Digbeth, Birmingham.[3] "I like making large scale sculpture, playing with diverse materials and figuring out how to make them...not fall over..."[4]
Adams be part of The Imaginary Beings Art Collective, a group of artists wey dey work togeda make dem create collaborative art projects. Thru dis collective na she put togeda chaw art events around de world wey dey include The End of a World and Transcendence and Transformation.[5][6][7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ The National School of the Arts. "www.artschool.co.za". www.artschool.co.za. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- ↑ The Sunday Times, June 2002
- ↑ Anna Blackaby. "£10m expansion at Custard Factory hints at greater ambition for Digbeth". Birmingham Post.
- ↑ Adams, Toin. "Large Works". Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ↑ "Events". Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ↑ "toin adams - large scale works". toin adams.
- ↑ Heart Internet. "Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting & Domain Names from Heart Internet". theimaginarybeings.com.
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